English 1
Semester 1 Final Exam
1. ACT-SAT Vocabulary: Please review the words below and know them! The vocabulary section
(multiple-choice) of the final exam will be given during your final exam period (Tuesday, 1/13Thursday, 1/15).
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Arbitrator
Concord
Intractable
Obsequious
Obstinate
Oscillate
Resolute
Ambivalence
Amorous
Apathy
Despondent
Euphoria
Resilient
Timorous
Abscond
Affluent
Destitute
Ostentatious
Colloquial
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Obfuscate
Succinct
Terse
Verbose
Licentious
Malevolent
Reprehensible
Genial
Judicious
Magnanimous
Philanthropic
Prudent
Indomitable
Rectify
Tenuous
Immutable
Malleable
2. Grammar: For the final exam written essay, you will be held responsible for all the grammar
concepts you have been taught this semester.
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PUNCTUATION: apostrophe, quotation marks, and italics
SENTENCE STRUCTURE: Complete sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences
COMMAS: Compound sentences, series, modifying adjectives, direct quote
USAGE: Commonly confused word (to/two/too, whose/who’s, weather/whether, it’s/its,
your/you’re, a lot, cite/site, lose/loose, than/then, there/their/they’re)
3. Argument development: You will write a paper of at least four paragraphs. Remember all you
have learned about constructing logical, well-organized, interesting introductions, body
paragraphs, and conclusions. Please see the many resources you have on my Sharepoint site, if
you feel the need to review. The in-class paper will be typed on Thursday, January 8, 2014 in
Lab 124C.
English 1
Semester 1 Final Exam
4. ACADEMIC Vocabulary: Review your understanding and your ability to recognize the
following words in a written text. The academic vocabulary section (multiple-choice) of the
final exam will be given during your final exam period (Tuesday, 1/13-Thursday, 1/15).
Unit 1:
Conflict (i.e., external & internal)
- Dialogue
- Foreshadowing
- Irony (i.e., verbal, dramatic, and situational)
- Plot (i.e., introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
- Suspense
Unit 2:
- Character motives
- Character traits
- Characterization (different methods)
- First-Person Point of View
- Third-Person Point of View (omniscient or limited)
Unit 3:
- Connotation/denotation
- Imagery
- Paraphrase
- Symbol
- Setting
- Mood
*Remember that all good readers do the following:
1. Monitor understanding: “When you read, pause every few minutes to check, or monitor, how well you are understanding
the story [or text].” By doing the following: “visualize: picture characters, events, and settings; clarify: stop now and then
to review what you understand; question: ask questions about the events and characters; predict: look for hints of what
might happen next; and connect: compare events with your own experiences.”
2. Draw conclusions: “After reading a story, you often add up the details you’ve read about and develop your own ideas
about what they mean. A conclusion is a logical judgment that a reader makes and does so based on the following:
evidence from the text and your own experience and knowledge.”
3. Make inferences: “Instead of directly telling readers what a character is like, a writer often includes details that turn out
to be clues to the character’s personality. Readers can use these details, along with their own knowledge, to make
inferences, or logical guesses, about the character’s traits, values, and feelings.”